Originally Posted by Robbie

Here ya go bronco67...straight from the govt.'s own statistics:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

There are more workforce age people in the U.S. out of work right now than at any time since 1978 when we were in the middle of a full on depression.

THAT is the truth. The feds changed the way that the unemployment rate is counted. But the numbers you will see at that page I linked to are from the U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
No way to spin those numbers.